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FALMOUTH — A local teen was defending his mother when he shot his stepfather Thursday, according to his attorney.

The shooting, which left John Williams, 40, in critical condition at a Boston hospital and spurred an intense manhunt for his stepson, 18-year-old Devante Fernandes, was clearly "a case of defense of another," attorney Robert Nolan said.

"Since the day he was born, (Fernandes) had witnessed his mother being abused by this man, Mr. Williams," Nolan said Friday during a hearing in Falmouth District Court.

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